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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.142 million (2001)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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500,000 (2001)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized to provide an improved international capability and better residential access
domestic: a national, fiber-optic cable, interurban, trunk system is nearing completion; rural exchanges are being improved and expanded; mobile cellular systems are being installed; access to the Internet is available; still many unsatisfied telephone subscriber applications
international: landline connections to Latvia and Poland; major international connections to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by submarine cable for further transmission by satellite
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Radios:
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1.9 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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27
note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations (2001)
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Televisions:
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1.7 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.lt
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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32 (2001)
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Internet users:
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341,000 (2001)
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